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The current situation in York & North Yorkshire Table 1 below sets out key information about the Partnership area in 2004/05: Table 1: Key Statistics of the Partnership in 2004/05 # Population and household figures quoted here are mid year 2003 estimates but are those used to calculate 2004/05 Best Value Performance Indictors according to Government definitions Who is Responsible for the Service? City of York North Yorkshire Combined Total Population # 184,200 576,100 760,860 No. of Households # 81,217 260,695 341,912 Tonnage of municipal waste managed 123,510 396,391 519,901 No. of Households with kerbside collection of green waste and/or recyclables No. of Household Waste Recycling Centres 3 69,018 209,060 280,900 21 NB. 20 in 2005/06 No. of recycling bring bank sites 60 430 490 In North Yorkshire, two tiers of local government are responsible for the management of municipal waste. The County Council, as Waste Disposal Authority (WDA), is responsible for: • The recycling and disposal of waste collected by the District/Borough Councils from their refuse collection, recycling and street cleansing activities • Providing household waste recycling centres (HWRC) at which residents of the County can take their garden waste for composting and other wastes for re-use or recycling • Managing the aftercare of some closed landfill sites that have the potential to pollute the environment • Encouraging others to recycle and re-use waste through the payment of recycling credits to District/Borough Councils, and recycling and/or re-use credits to charities and community groups 24 • Giving advice to members of the public, commerce and industry in all matters relating to waste management The District and Borough Councils in the county are Waste Collections Authorities (WCA’s), and are individually responsible for the collection and recycling of municipal waste, litter and abandoned cars. The City of York Council, as a Unitary Authority, is both a Waste Disposal Authority (WDA) and a Waste Collection Authority (WCA). It has combined responsibilities for collection, recycling, treatment and disposal. Page 11
This Strategy provides an enhanced framework for continued Partnership working between authorities whilst allowing more local strategies (e.g. the recycling plans of the District and Borough Councils and other complementary strategies) to exist within it. The City of York and North Yorkshire County Councils also have duties as planning authorities, and responsibility to ensure that adequate facilities are provided for the management and disposal of a range of wastes. Waste Local Plans and the emerging Local Development Frameworks (LDFs) establish an overall need for waste management capacity and set out land use planning and development control policies that apply to the location of waste management facilities. This Strategy will provide input to the land-use planning process. How well is the Service performing now? Each local authority produces data on a regular basis with regard to their performance in delivery of the waste management service. Some of this data is reported to the Audit Commission as Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs). Key issues that are reported as annual BVPIs include the amount of composting and recycling that takes place, the amount of household waste that is generated (per person), the amount of waste landfilled and the cost of the service per household. Table 2 sets out key BVPIs and other data on waste management practice, as reported within the Partnership area from 2001/2 – 2005/6. Table 2: Best Value Performance Indicators & key waste data for York and North Yorkshire Total Amount of Household Waste (Tonnes) Rate of Growth (%) (3yr rolling average trend/head) Household Waste Recycled (%) (BVPI 82A) Household Waste Composted (%) (BVPI 82B) Household Waste to Landfill (%) (BVPI 82D) 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 estimates 424,397 426,691 426,058 436,581 428,766 N/A N/A 1.6 0.67 -0.45 6.68 8.08 10.48 11.75 17.8 3.99 5.57 6.73 9.26 11.7 89.33 86.35 82.80 78.99 69.7 The current situation in York & North Yorkshire Household Waste Collected (kg per Head of Population) (BVPI 84) 563 568 564 574 560 The rates of composting and recycling have doubled over this period, however the amount of waste generated has increased but now appears to be reducing. This Strategy sets out the targets and policies to reduce waste arisings further and improve the reuse, recycling, composting and recovery of waste. Page 12
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